Lifetime Achievement Award winner announced

Terry Fulwiler, CEO of WS Packaging Group, has been named as the winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award. He was selected by an international judging panel at the Finat Congress in Valencia following a review of the online voting.

Fulwiler joined his father’s company in 1972 when there were 25 employees. He served in a variety of management positions leading to his promotion to CEO in 1987 upon his father’s retirement. He is credited with the decision in 2000 to merge the company with Wisconsin Label Corporation and Superior Label Systems which then resulted in nine company acquisitions in the last nine years. Now having over 1,775 employees at 17 locations across the US and Mexico, the company produces high-quality printing, flexible packaging and promotional products.

WS Packaging Group was selected as Converter of the Year in 2000 by the TLMI, in which Terry served on the board of directors and is an active member. He is chairman of the board of Bellin Hospital, on the board of directors for several area businesses, including the Green Bay Packers, and serves in an advisory capacity for various local organizations and groups.  

The following were shortlisted for the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Avery Dennison: 

• Jeffery Arripol – Novelprint
• Stan Chess – RR Donnelley
• Geoffery Martin – CCL  

The panel of judges also announced the finalists in the other awards categories. The winners will be revealed at the award ceremony on the Spirit of Chicago, Navy Pier, on the evening of the September 14 – the opening day of Labelexpo Americas 2010.

The 2010 finalists are:

Converter Award for Sustainability/Environmental Responsibility – sponsored by GEW 

• Paragon Label / Mrs Grossman
• Spear
• Speciality Printing
• Vintage 99 Label MFG  

Label Industry Award for Continuous Innovation – sponsored by Flint Group Narrow Web 

• Collano
• Omet
• Tailored Solutions
• Xeikon  

Label Industry Award for New Innovation – sponsored by Labels & Labeling, NarroWebTech and Label & Narrow Web 

• Cerm
• DG Roland
• Gallus
• Primera

Judges for this year’s awards, under the chairmanship of Frank Gerace, chairman of the board, TLMI, were Andrea Vimercati, president of Finat, Andy Thomas, editor of Labels & Labeling, and Tony White, editor of NarroWebTech. 

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